diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index 14a9cf7..4f995ae 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 ########################################################################
 ####  Script Name: inxi
-####  version: 0.5.8
+####  version: 0.5.9
 ####  Date: November 10 2008
 ########################################################################
 ####  inxi is a fork of infobash, the original bash sys info script by locsmif
@@ -1050,14 +1050,18 @@ get_distro_data()
 		distro=$( remove_erroneous_chars "/etc/$distro_file" )
 	# otherwise try  the default debian/ubuntu /etc/issue file
 	elif [[ -f /etc/issue ]];then
-		distro=$( gawk '
-		BEGIN { RS="" } {
-			gsub(/\\[a-z]/, "")
-			gsub(/,/, " ")
-			gsub(/^ +| +$/, "")
-			gsub(/ [ \t]+/, " ")
-			print
-		}' /etc/issue )
+		if [[ -f /etc/lsb-release && -z $( grep -i 'mint' /etc/issue ) ]];then
+			distro=$( get_distro_lsb_data )
+		else
+			distro=$( gawk '
+			BEGIN { RS="" } {
+				gsub(/\\[a-z]/, "")
+				gsub(/,/, " ")
+				gsub(/^ +| +$/, "")
+				gsub(/ [ \t]+/, " ")
+				print
+			}' /etc/issue )
+		fi
 	fi
 
 	if [[ ${#distro} -gt 80 && $B_HANDLE_CORRUPT_DATA != 'true' ]];then
@@ -1105,7 +1109,7 @@ get_distro_lsb_data()
 			distroCodename = $NF
 		}
 		END {
-			print distroId " " distroRelease " (" distroCodename ")"
+			print distroId " " distroRelease " " distroCodename
 		}' /etc/lsb-release )
 	fi
 	# this is HORRIBLY slow, but I don't know why, it runs fast in shell